[Bust of Socrates] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Bust of Socrates]
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see a bust of Socrates. This image appears when Gulliver’s master explains their views on philosophy, reason, and morals. Gulliver explained the European views on natural philosophy, including those of Socrates, with which the Houyhnhnms agreed. According to Plato’s Republic, Socrates preferred knowledge to be informed by ethics, not just what can be observed in the real world. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Sears (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21848
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843); Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843)
Image: mta_21848_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: busts; philosophers in literature; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; satire